Aylesbury Estate Walworth JLP01_08_081550

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Aylesbury Estate, Walworth, Southwark, Greater London. A panoramic view from the north-west showing the Aylesbury Estate during construction.
Laing's Southern Region started building the Aylesbury Estate in 1967. At the time it was the largest industrialised housing scheme ever undertaken by a London Borough, providing homes for more than 7000 people, comprising of low and high-rise linear blocks from four to fourteen-storeys high containing flats and maisonettes, built using the 12M Jespersen system. The photograph may have been taken from the top of the Studland tower block at the junction of Portland Street with Trafalgar Street in Walworth
Copyright © Historic England Archive
Media ID 24289669
Date: 18th January 2022
Copyright Status: Copyrighted Work
Source: Historic England Archive
Owner URL: https://images.historicenglandservices.org.uk/
Credit: A© Historic England Archive. Joh
Image Size: 6591 x 5223 Pixels
Filesize is 7.74MB
Associated Categories: Building Housing schemes
Associated Categories: Southwark
Keywords: 1960s, construction, cranes, development, flats, housing, housing estate, landscape, post war, roofscape, urban